Meat & Poultry: Page 30


  • Upside Foods' cell-based chicken on a salad
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    Deep Dive // Race for regulation of cell-based meat

    How should cell-based meat be labeled? What 1,179 comments to USDA say about stakeholders' priorities

    With decision-making coming soon, players in cultivated and animal meat industries, state governments and policy groups expressed opinions about how the nascent space should be represented.

    By May 31, 2022
  • The "transition room," where inspectors from FDA and USDA will ensure cultivated meat at Upside Foods' plant is safe for consumption.
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    Race for regulation of cell-based meat

    Tracking the comments on cell-based meat labeling

    How should these products be described? Here's what companies, groups, governments and public officials told the USDA.

    By May 31, 2022
  • One of the bioreactors ABEC is building for Eat Just's Good Meat division. The bioreactor will be used for cultivated meat.
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    Eat Just announces plans for commercial-scale cell-based meat facility

    The cultivated meat maker entered an agreement with biotech process engineering company ABEC, which will build 10 bioreactors for the plant. The company says it will be able to make 30 million pounds of product annually.

    By May 25, 2022
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    Sponsored by Pen & Tec Consulting

    New opportunities and challenges for novel protein authorisations

    Outline of the legal framework applicable to alternative protein products in the European Union and USA.

    By Hannes Malfroy, Regulatory Affairs manager, Pen & Tec Consulting • May 23, 2022
  • Evo Foods shows off its plant-based eggs in San Francisco in April 2022.
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    Ginkgo Bioworks partners with Evo Foods on animal-free eggs

    The U.S. biotech company will offer its scientific expertise in precision fermentation to help the Indian plant-based CPG create an ingredient to use in its products.

    By May 19, 2022
  • Tomorrow Farms is launching Bored Cow animal-free dairy milk, made with Perfect Day's proteins.
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    Perfect Day proteins power animal-free Bored Cow flavored milk

    The product launch is the first from food tech company Tomorrow Farms, which closed an $8.5 million seed round earlier this month.

    By May 19, 2022
  • Motif FoodWorks' finished product lineup: MoPork, MoChicken, MoBeef
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    Motif FoodWorks launches plant-based meat products

    The food tech company, which says it is debuting the offerings following strong demand for test products demonstrating its ingredients, also received an investment from Robert Downey Jr.'s venture capital fund.

    By May 18, 2022
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    Nestlé's Hot Pockets brand enters portable sandwich market

    The Deliwich is designed to be taken on-the-go frozen and ready to eat by lunchtime. It will compete against offerings like J.M. Smucker's Uncrustables.

    By May 18, 2022
  • Golden Wing, Molson Coors, milk
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    Beer giant Molson Coors taps into plant-based milk

    Golden Wing is part of the company's goal to reach $1 billion in revenue by 2023 from its emerging growth division launched three years ago.

    By May 17, 2022
  • Do Good Chicken
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    Do Good Foods launches 'carbon-reduced' chicken

    The company uses upcycled feed to raise the animals, which it said avoids the generation of approximately three pounds of greenhouse gases per chicken.

    By May 17, 2022
  • Eat Just's Good Meat chicken in a stir fry
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    ADM partners with Eat Just on cell-based meat growth medium and product development

    This is the ingredient powerhouse's first agreement in the cultivated meat space, and the company says it fits in with its strategic focus on alternative proteins.

    By May 17, 2022
  • Meati launched the Meati Steak Filet, made from mycelium produced through fermentation.
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    Meati launches its first alternative protein steak

    CEO and co-founder Tyler Huggins said the product's secret is mycelium — mushroom roots that give it a structure and texture like animal meat.

    By May 17, 2022
  • Meat at a Safeway in Washington, D.C.
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    Meat processors used 'baseless' claims of shortages to keep plants open during COVID-19: report

    A congressional investigation said Tyson and others influenced a Trump order to ensure facilities would continue operating despite local and state health measures.

    By Updated May 17, 2022
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    Consumers 'laser-focused' on discounts as food prices hit four-decade high

    Shoppers are actively trading down as the cost of meat, eggs, butter and other staples soar, according to an analyst.

    By May 13, 2022
  • Campbell Soup, Old Bay, Goldfish
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    Column

    Leftovers: New Goldfish flavor hooks into Old Bay; Real Good Foods introduces chicken shells to the freezer aisle

    Campbell Soup's latest collaboration with McCormick harnesses the popular seafood seasoning, and Ayo Foods teams up with a celebrated West African chef for two new frozen entrees.

    By Food Dive staff • May 13, 2022
  • An alfalfa field that Leaft Foods uses to produce its rubisco protein.
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    How Leaft Foods turns green plants into a protein nutritionally similar to beef

    The New Zealand company founded by two former dairy execs recently raised $15 million to bring its concentrated rubisco powder to the U.S. next year.

    By May 12, 2022
  • Beyond Meat's Beyond Burger
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    Beyond Meat shares drop as jerky costs drive $100.5M loss

    President and CEO Ethan Brown said the internal costs the company incurred will pay off in the long run, but analysts seem to be skeptical of the strategy.

    By May 12, 2022
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    Tyson's sales climb to $13B as meat industry profits are scrutinized

    The meat and poultry giant's CEO said the financial increases are par for the course as inflation rages.

    By May 10, 2022
  • At Granja Avicola Pujols, a layers eggs production in San Sebastian, PR, Here, here chickens live under a dawn and sunset light-simulator to help promote a healthy egg production.
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    Avian influenza impacts 37.5M birds in commercial and backyard flocks

    While the outbreak seems to be hitting more egg laying operations, bigger companies say they are not yet drastically affected.

    By May 10, 2022
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    Tate & Lyle buys chickpea ingredients company Nutriati

    The acquisition comes six months after the ingredients giant agreed to distribute the upstart's offerings used in non-dairy, plant-based meat and gluten-free products.

    By May 5, 2022
  • Whole Earth Brands, sugar, sweetener, equal
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    Whole Earth Brands carves out its sweet spot in alternative sweeteners

    The company's portfolio of products like Wholesome and Equal are designed to give consumers more choice and position it to grab a bigger slice of the $100 billion market dominated by sugar.

    By May 5, 2022
  • Sanderson Farms, chicken
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    What the stalled Sanderson and Wayne Farms merger says about its potential for closing

    As regulators in the Biden administration scrutinize the pending $4.53 billion acquisition, experts point to obstacles that could complicate its approval.

    By May 4, 2022
  • Krave, jerky
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    Deep Dive

    Lost and found: Brands neglected by large CPGs thrive under new ownership

    Krave jerky, Funfetti baking products and Häagen-Dazs are just a few of the lines that have flourished after being divested, with their new owners spending more on marketing, innovation and improving product quality.

    By May 3, 2022
  • Chickens sit in a shed
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    Consumers likely to 'trade down' to chicken as beef prices soar: report

    A recent CoBank analysis found that poultry stands to benefit from more expensive red meat, despite facing high feed costs and a bird flu outbreak.

    By May 2, 2022
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    Meatpackers push back against lawmakers' price-fixing charges

    At a recent Congressional hearing this week, leaders of Tyson, JBS and Cargill argued that market forces, not consolidation, were to blame for higher meat prices.

    By April 29, 2022